Christmas bloomers

[Kelo]

It is a beauty in the flesh. A good solid colour with contrasting lip and blooms freely, so far lol.

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Kelo

Quite a few friends have emailed me about 'Golden Beauty'. It is a particularly lovely flower.

I love this one. This was the first named orchid I ever bought.

Just so you know (because I also got it wrong when I first had mine) this is not a 'Golden Beauty' cultivar (and so should not be named with quotes). The full correct name of the registered hybrid is Sin-Yuan Golden Beauty. The Golden Beauty being part of the hybrid name rather than being a cultivar name.

This means if you were to buy another it might vary from this more than it would if it was a particular cultivar. That being said all the ones I've seen in the UK are pretty similar.

Anyway, that's just for information, I'm not trying to be picky. It's a wonderful flower, I love it when mine is in bloom

[Kelo]

Ah! I tend to add the '''s on them all lol. I happily stand corrected and you're not being picky at all. People get confused when talking to me about 'Scottish smoked salmon' and 'smoked Scottish salmon' so that little difference is important.

[Pilot]

Kelo we have remarkably similar tastes in phals... i have the exact same as pictured here! lol And if I'm not mistaken you have a schillie, too, no? Wonderful blooms you have there... good growing!

[Kelo]

Thank you! Yes, there's a schllie in there but the flowers are awful lol. I think this is the first time it has flowered but the flowers are deformed. I'll give it a few years yet and if it doesn't improve I'll give it the heave and try another one. It is great to walk into the kitchen in the morning and be greeted buy the colours.